Xlibris is the parent company of iUniverse, based out of Bloomington, Indiana. I had a book self-published by them about in 2009-10. This summer, I was called by Viktor Adkins of iUniverse, who told me that my book "had market potential." I rewrote the book for a newer release. But so far, I've incurred over $5000 in debt to get the reprinted and re-released. Since my book is available on Kindle and Barnes & Noble, and my book is on electronic format -- the costs of putting the book on Kindle are negligble. And now, iUniverse is billing me over $10, 000 for marketing services by "Vardus Publicity."
iUniverse's billing to me is completely fraudulent.